Regole a tutela dell'utenza nei servizi pubblici locali

The study examines the main provisions of Legislative Decree no. 201/2022 (Reorganisation of the discipline of local public services of economic importance) aimed at protecting users.The essay starts with an analysis of the rules on the separation between regulation and management, which aim to avoid monopolies and favour competition, and ends with a presentation of the rules on service contracts and service charters. The opinion on the Legislative decree is generally positive, although some problems remain.The latter mainly concern the need to promote the autonomous income of the service operator through the payment of tariffs by the users and, at the same time, the need to reduce public subsidies as much as possible.